Parcel-post egg-package.



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PARCEL POST EGG PACKAGE.

A?PLIGATION FILED JAN.16.1914.

Patented Dec, 15, 1914.

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CHARLES L. MILLER AND EMMA L. N. MILLER, OF YOJNKERS,.NEW `YORK. i

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' l Specification of Letters'Patent.

Application filed January V16, 1914. Serial No. 812,382.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, CHARLES L. MILLER and EMMA L. N. MILLER, citizens of the United States, and residing at Yonkers, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Parcel-Post Egg-Packages, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to means for shipping eggs by parcels post, and the object thereofis to provide a package for this purpose, by means of which, or in which, the eggs may be sent to any place, at any distance, without danger of breakage; a further object being to vprovide a package of the class specified which may be used for the purpose of mailing other breakable articles, without danger of breaking the same or injury thereto.

lThe invention is fully disclosed inthe fol lowing specification, of which the accom panying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts of our improvement are de signated Vby suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a plan view of our improved package device, and showing the same partly open and with one part broken away ;--Fig. 2 a cross section onV the line 2 2 of Fig.V l, but showing the package entirely closed;-Fig. 3 a vew'similar to Fig. 2, but showing another method of closing the package ;-F ig. l a plan view of a division and packing strip which we 1employ;-Fig. et a diagrammatic view show` ing the method of folding the division and packing strip, shown in Fig. 4;-Fig- 5 a view similar to Fig. l, but showing the package entirely open, and showing a modiflcation with a part of the construction broken away g-Fig. 6 a perspective view and showing a modified form of adivision and package strip ;--Fig. 7 a perspective View showing a means for packing each in dividual egg separately in our improved package, and ;-Fig..8 a cross section on the line 8 8 of Fig.

ln the practice of our invention, as shown in Figs. l to el, we provide a package box or receptacle a. composed of paste board, card board, or other sheet, fibrous material having an amount of flexibility suiiicient to enable a tot@ easily folded, and the sind box or receptacle a comprises a bottom a2, ends a? and lsides a4, provided at their top edges' ting, feltV or other suitable fibrous materialy having absorbtive qualities, and which will also act as a cushion, and this material, in practice, is preferably secured to a fabric body c? which, in turn is secured to the inner walls of the box or receptacle by a suitable paste, or in any other way.

In the construction shown in Figsl to et inclusive, the box or receptacle is intendedy Patented Dec. ltal9l4.'`

to hold one dozen eggs arranged in two parf.V

alle l `rows, and in practice, we provide two division strips l composed of flexible card board, paste board, or similar material, andyV adapted to be folded at Z2 to form upwardly d1rected loops cl3, and the parts d? between Y the loop. folds Zware provided with side edge wing members fl, and the division and packe.. Y

ing strips (Z and wing members d5 are provided on their inner sides with a thick layer of fibrous, cushioning and absorbent mate rial (ZG similar to the cushioning, packing and absorbent material o.

In filling the package box `or receptacle Y with eggs, two division and packing strips (Z are placed therein and folded to form the transverse vertical loop members Z3 between eachV transverse pair of which, an egg bis placed, and the wing members Z5 are folded over said eggs, as clearly shown in Figs. l, 2 and 3, and the end portions d? ofthe division and packing strips are also folded 11pwardly, as shown at d8, and this forms a complete individual nest for each egg,'and the sidellaps a5 may then be folded over the tops of the separate rows of eggs and downwardly between the same, as shown atV a?, in Fig.r2, or said flaps may be overlapped, as shown at aT in'Fig, after `which the package is securedby passing a cord, strap or similar device, a number of times around the same, transversely thereof, and said cord,`strap or similar device may be passed around the package longitudinally thereof so as to securely 4hold and close said package. The packing c does not extend quite to the edges of the flaps a5 as shown in Figs. l,

2 andv 3 and this facilitates the insertion of.` said flaps, or the edges thereof, between thek package, and the ends a3 may be formed in,,.

tegrally with the bottom d2, and the'sides at, or said ends may be formed separately from the sides, and modifications of and changes 1 `in these and other features of construction herein shown and described may be'made, without departing from the spirit of our inventionfor sacrificing its advantages; and'in Figs. 5 to 8 inclusive, we have shown certain modifications of the construction shown in Figs. l to 4 inclusive.

In Figs.y 5 and 8, we have shown a modification ofthe boX or receptacle, in which separatel nests e for the eggs'are formed, by means of a central longitudinal strip e2 of cotton, cotton batting, felt or similar fibrous material, whereby the box or receptacle is divided into two longitudinal chambers, which chambers are sub-divided by transverse packing blocks e3 `composed of fibrous cushioning and absorbing material to form the nests c, in which the eggs are placed, after which the boX or receptacle is closed and secured, as hereinbefore described,vwith reference to the construction shown in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, andl this construction, as will be seen, also provides a separatevnest or receiver for each egg, and the amount of packing,y cushioningand absorbing material which surrounds and incl'oses the separate eggs at all points is sumcient to secure their transportation without danger of breaking the same, under/usual conditions, but, if at any time, one or more eggs should `be broken, the liquid contents thereof would be absorbed by the cushioning and absorbing material, and would not spread to the compartments in which the other eggs are placed.

In Fig. 6, we have shown a modified form of they division and packing strip shown in Fig. 4L, which consists of a stript?o of card board, paste board or other fibrous material, folded into loops and provided on its inner sideV with a packing d10, similar to the packings d6 and c, shown in Figs. lfto 3 inclusive, but the division and packing strips d are intended for the same purpose as the division and packing strip or strips d, but the side wing members are omitted', and in the use of folding, packing and division strips made, as shown in Fig. 6, longitudinal and gitudinal row, or in parallel rows, afterv which the flaps a5 may be folded, vas shown inpFig: 3. If only one row of eggs are packed, or as shown in Fig. 2, if two rows of eggs are packed, or either form of folding the side flaps a? may be employed, as circumstan'ces may render possible. f

If our rkimproved receptacle should be found, in practice, to be not sufficiently strong to resist compression and consequent breakage of the` eggs, said receptacle for package may be inclosed in an outer vcasing' or crate of wood or other suitable material,

and in this way a package may be formed* which would resist any actual force to whichthe package might be subjected in itsv ship-I ment by mail, Vand while we have shown and described our improved package as designed particular for shipping'or mailing! eggs, it will be understood that said/package maybe employedffor shipping or mailing other small articles of 'various'kinds land classes.

Having fullyv described our invention', what we claim as new and 'desire to ysecure by Letters `Patent is A parcel post mailing package,'comp ris ing an oblong receptacle composed of yflexible fibrous material and closedat the ends and openrat the top and the sides of which are provided withoverlapping top flaps to close the open top of said receptacle, all the parts of said receptacle including the iiaps,

except at the edges thereof, being lined at all points with cushioning and absorbing fibrous lmaterial and said receptacle beingl also provided withmeans for forming separate nests'or receptacles for the articles tol be mailed and consisting of removable parts composed of flexible fibrous material provided on its inner side with thick cushioningy and absorbing material adapted to closely iit around the articles to be mailed.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing' as our invention we have signed our namesV in presence of the subscribing witnesses thisl 13th day of January 1914- f CHARLES L. MILLER.`

EMMA L. N.MILLER. f Witnesses: C. MULREANY,

S. ANDREWS.

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